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Seyfarth Synopsis: In a clarification of the administrative/production dichotomy, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has held that whether a duty is exempt under the FLSA’s administrative exemption may turn on the employee’s...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they discuss: - OFCCP...By: DirectEmployers Association

Texas surety law contains obscure procedural rules that can have outsized consequences. Chapter 43 of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code is an important example....By: Gray Reed & McGraw

Most employers are well aware that employees must be paid on a “salary basis” to be considered exempt from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”)....By: Epstein Becker & Green

In any service industry, the quality of service and price can be far and wide. While people say that I focus way too much on the workings on the third-party administration (TPA) business, I have more experience in that field as an ERISA attorney and...By: Ary Rosenbaum

Both the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) and its Connecticut counterpart provide eligible employees with leave to care for a covered family member (such as a child) who has a “serious health condition.” ...By: Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and

-The DOJ has announced charges against four members of China’s military related to the 2017 cyberattack on credit-reporting agency Equifax, the breach that revealed “trade secrets and the personal data of about 145 million Americans.”  The indictment...By: Robins Kaplan LLP

Health Care Provider Fired Older Workers Because of Their Age, Federal Agency Charges - BATESVILLE, Ark. - White River Health System, Inc., a provider of health care services throughout North Central Arkansas, violated federal law by removing a...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Although there have only been a handful of confirmed cases of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV or the “coronavirus”) within the United States so far, employers are nevertheless well-advised to take affirmative steps to protect their employees...By: Akerman LLP - HR Defense

The global presence of the People’s Republic of China (China or PRC) in the construction space is unsurpassed. According to the Nikkei Asian Review, Chinese contractors took in nearly a quarter of international construction revenue in 2018......By: Dentons